Mower County transcript., 1887-09-21

Sar, Iau0nG Oeao Dy ner slde.
An accident occurred on the Col
erado Midland r. R., west of Leadville, and
near Lake Ivanhoe, to q construction train
carrying 287 laborers. Tha train was pass
ing over a piece of marshy ground, where
much difficulty has been experienced in Sc
curing roadbed, and here the engine sud
denly shot into the ditch, carrying the two
cars on which the laborers were seated with
It and burying them in mass of debris.
Harry Banker. chief of the track men, was
caught under the engine and scalded to
death. James McMahon? and George Roe
were killed by loose rails falling on them,
verely injured. Seven Of thess may be
crippled for life, even if they survive.
At Toledo, O, the residence of James
8. Dougherty, was damaged to the extent
of by a natural gas explosion. The
gas had Just been introduced into the house,
and, through cere!essness 'of the plumber,
had escaped beneath the tdoor Of the front
the grateanS explosion ensaed, tearing up
the floor, shattering every window in the
house, demolishing all the doors and blow
ing the foundation from beneath the veran-
da which surrounds the house, and setting
fire to, the portieres The filter who lighted
the fire was blown to the ceiling and suffer.
ed scalpswound. A chemical engine ex:
hnguished the flames. .
At Rock Hill, S. c., the Rev. E. G.
Price, methodist minister, was publicly
cowhided by J. B. johnson, for circulating
scandalous stories about Johnson's sister.
Friends Of both sides have taken up the
quarrel and more serious trouble is ex-
pected. Price left for North Carolina to
get married. johnson followed on the
same train and it is believed will force him
to fight. Price is pastor of country
church six miles from Rock Hill, and
johnson is member of one of the most
respected families Of the town. n :s4si
At LaGrange, Texas, Hon. Rudolph
Hildebrand, ex-senator from that district
nearly 80 years old, was thrown from his
carriage and instantly killed. He fell on
his heal, resulting in conclusion of the
brain. He was prominent revolutionist
in the German uprising of 1S4s, and was
compelled to leave Germany. Coming to
Texas in 1850 he at once assumed leading
position in his section, which She main
stained to the last. He leaves large for
tune - - $e~' -'-@.* a. -
= The condemned anarchists at Chi
cago, held a consultation as to whether they
would do any thing to help themselves
Every man voted against petition for ex-
ecutive clemency, and three against an ap-
peal to the supreme court. No, matter
what they decide to do themselves, their
friends will try to secure reversal of judg-
ment. That failing, they will circulate q
petition asking for Communication of
sentence.
]. G.. Harris was shot twice in the
head in the Bernick hotel at Cambridge,
Ohio With two bullets in his brain, he
staggered to the depot and boarded train
for Caldwell, some miles south, which place
he reached in an exhausted! condition.
Harris says that . beautiful young girl
canse he wo MD not consent to marry her
He will probably die.
For. several years the inmates of the
parish prison ;of New Orleans, have been
suffering from a peculiar disease. accom-
panied by Jwel1ing OF the head and limbs,
frequently terminating in death. A state
board of health physicians found that it
was caused by insufficient food; A & change ng
As funeral procession was passing
! little strip of woods near Grasse Point. a
suburb of Chicago Mrs. Hsnry Sells riding
ID asbuggy was struck ia the back by shot
and almost Instantly killed. In the woods
was found a. picnic party sof 6 men and
women, firing at a mark, and all more or
less Intoxicated and shooting recklessly.
They were all locked up. ja@l .'55
The Engineering News has received
details Of the great strike Of rock salt at
Ellsworth, Kan. The vein is 165s thick and
NJ per cent pure, tho Other4 per cent being
lime and magnesia, but nd potash The salt
is pure white and fit for table use on grind
inR only. The vein y only 7O5 feet below
the surface. '* 90 ~ 'FTss 5t,S*, -
At Needmore. Tenn. small village
of Coffee county, while revival meeting
was In progress In the second story Of q
bull ding the foor sudd dsnly fell from the
excessive weight and went down 13 feet.
All present were more or less hurt and 90 to
10 quite seriously. One man was killed.
Lieutenant Governor Waterman has
nas taken the oath Of office as Governor 81
California, the executive chair having been
made vacant BY the death OF Gov. Bartlett,
Gov. Waterman, In hts address,, strongly
denounced the communists and socialists
IS being dangerous TO American liberty.
The trial Of the Ozark, Mo-, Bald
Knobbers came to . sudden termination by
;he defendants In a body entering plea Of
xuilty. The jury returned verdicts accord
.ingly. John ~ right, ~ illia1 Silyeya John
!. Danny, E.sB. Denny and William Wright
ire those thus convicted.
a food has swept sway twenty miles miles
I Of tho track Of the sout Pecifo railway
-, z ,,d vvf11 ~ 1Ine
he entire cessation of tramc ovsr tne
Z 5opth4fn ronte foS tro Weeks. The dteast =
q the most serious 0k tho Kind tn tho hist0ry
,f tho road.
Lieut Coy. 3 =. Waterman, whf